“We”re building a product and entire startup company in one weekend,” he announced on his website, www.caffeine.com.

That weekend starts Friday when Cruzio hosts TechRaising, an opportunity to recruit a team to put your ideas for a new app or a new business into action.

The 2014 TechRaising, the fourth of its kind, is enjoying the Santa Cruz tech buzz that has built over the past year, with registration close to 100 as of Wednesday.

“In past years, people registered at the last minute,” said TechRaising co-founder Andrew Mueller. “This year we got tons of registrations right away.” The number, he noted, does not include Miller, who plans to bring a team of 14, some from Launch Brigade based at NextSpace downtown, and recruit others from the Santa Cruz tech ecospace.

Miller, 44, of Boulder Creek, who has worked in technology since 1996, envisions a team of 20 to 40 to build the software, create the business model, develop strategy, set goals and a plan to achieve them.

“We need people from the community to make this work,” he said.

This approach is a departure from the past when he twice showed up at TechRaising with a team in tow.

Exactly what his business idea is, Miller will not say.

“I haven”t even told my girlfriend,” he said.

He said he”s had the idea “for a long time,” but wasn”t committed until he began attending TechRaising meetups, where people prep for the big weekend.

In January, when he announced he”d like to build a team of 20 for 2014, the news was tweeted, prompting a lot of curiosity.

Karen Kefauver, a writer/social media coach/cycling enthusiast, has agreed to handle social media for MIller”s venture. It will be her first time at TechRaising, breaking into an arena that has been — co-founder Margaret Rosas notwithstanding — male-dominated.

“Usually I am not willing to miss a sunny spring weekend outdoors, but I got lured into it,” Kefauver said.

Everyone with an idea will have 90 seconds to make a pitch and woo talent in the room Friday night. Then teams form, work begins, with presentations due at 4 p.m. Sunday.

Past TechRaising weekends generated a micro-gifting service to help families in need, a web app delivering health care information to people, and a tool for corporations to track their supply chains” ecological footprint.

Mueller said ideas he”s seen at TechRaising meetups include mobile apps, software for wearable devices and a home automation solution.

He expects UC Santa Cruz students to attend.

This year”s 15 announced mentors include Graeme Devine, Craig Vachon and Sol Lipman.

“Mentors love to help,” Mueller said. “If they are going to be in town, they say yes right away.”

Uber, the smartphone app, is offering TechRaising attendees their first ride free, worth up to $30.

Now the only problem is ensuring sufficient food and beverages to fuel startup serendipity.